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Austria-Hungary declaires war on Serbia
Austria-Hungary declaires war on Serbia because of the assasination of Arch-Duke Franz Ferdinand. -
Treaty of Kanagawa
On March 31st,1854,the first treaty between Japan and the United States was signed.The treaty was a result -
Mining is Big Buisness
In 1858,gold was discovered at Pikes Peak in the Colorado Rockies promting 100,000 potiencal prospectors to make thier way to the Rocky mountains.Only half actually made it there. -
The Homestead act
Signed into law in May 1862,the Homestead act opened up settlement in the western United States,allowing any American,even freed slaves,, to put in claim for 160 free acres of federal land.Eventually,1.6 individual claims would be approved;nearly ten percent of all goverment held property for a total of 420,000 square miles of territory. -
Railraods connect East and West
In 1869, the Pacific railroad act charterd the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific railroad companies,and tasked them with building the Transcontinencal railroad that would link the United States East to West.Over the next seven years,the two companies would race toward each other from Sacremento,California on one side of Omaha,Nabrasca on the other,struggling at great risks before they meet Promontory,Utah,on May 10,1859 -
The Interstate Commerce Act
On Feburary 4th,1887, the Interstate Commerce Act was passed.It was used to oversee the conduct of the railroad industry.With this act,the railroads became the first industry subject to federal regulation. -
The Battle of San Juan Hill
On July 1st,1898,Lt.Col.Theodore Roosevelt lead the Rough Riders in the Battle of San Juan Hill to fight for Cuba's freedom. -
The assasination of president Mcklinly
Leon Czolgosz was planning to kill president William Mcklinly.Leon made his way into the building ready to shake presidents hand when Leon pulled out a gun,aimed for the presidents heart,and shot two bullet holes through the presidents chest. -
Assasination of Franz Ferdinand
Gavrilo Princip shot and killed Franz Ferdinand and his wife sophie. -
The 18th Amendment
On January 16th 1919 the law prohobited acohol use -
The 19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment allows all women to vote in any state or country that they live in. -
President Warren G. Harding
The 29th U.S.Warren Harding served in office 1921 to 1923 before dying of an apperant heart attack. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
At 7:55 AM, Sunday morning, the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. -
D-Day
On June 6th, 1944, General Dwight D. Eisenhower led the Allied forces to ivade the coast of Normandy, France. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region. This battle lasted from December 16th, 1944 to January 25th, 1945. -
38th parallel
North Korea and South Korea were divided into the 38th parallel ever since the surrenduring of Japan. -
Brown v. Board of Education
The court unanimously ruled in Brown vs Board of Education to seperate schoolchildren by race. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was arrested December 1st,1955 when she wouldn't get up for a white man to sit down. -
Boycott
On December 1st, 1955 when Rosa Parks was arrested,had led to a bus boycott.Many African Americans in Montgomery organized a boycott and refused to ride the bus again. -
Ole Miss is integrated
The integration on ole miss happened in late September when an African American man named James Meredith attempted to enroll at the university of Mississippi.Chaos briefly broke out on the Ole Miss campus,with riots ending with two dead,hundreds wounded and many arrested. -
Plessy vs Furguson
Plessy vs Furguson had ruled that "seperate but equal" public facilities were legal.
